Portmore U, Village hunt crucial points in cash plus premier league
PORTMORE UNITED could tighten their grip on the leadership of the Cash Plus Premier League, but first they must find a way to cool off red-hot Village United when the teams meet in a rescheduled fixture today at 3:30 at the Elliston Wakeland Centre....
Fenerbahce upset Chelsea
LONDON (AP): DEIVID DE Souza scored a late goal yesterday to give Fenerbahce a 2-1 upset over Chelsea, and Liverpool got a crucial away goal in their 1-1 draw at Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Deivid gave Chelsea the lead with an own-goal...
West Indies desperate to bounce back
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): SRI LANKA captain Mahela Jayawardene is prepared for a West Indies backlash and conditions more suited to the home team in the second and final Test starting here today."I'm sure they are hurt and I'm sure...
Two sports for Jamaica in Beijing - so far
JAMAICA COULD be represented in just two sports at the August 8-24 Beijing Olympics.Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president Mike Fennell, in an interview on Monday, said track and field and equestrian are the only two sports which have already qualified for the Games....
Internet restrictions to be lifted for Games
BEIJING (AP): THE INTERNET must be open during the Beijing Olympics. That was the message a top-ranking International Olympic Committee (IOC) official delivered on Tuesday to Beijing organisers during the first of three days of meetings, the last official...
Smooth running for Kazakhstan president
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP): KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT carried the Olympic torch in the former Soviet republic's economic capital, Almaty, yesterday amid heavy security and lavish ceremonies. The Central Asian nation was the first of 21 stops for the Olympic...
Chinese gov't aims for smoke-free Olympics
BEIJING (AP): CUI DALIN, China's deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives.Then he stepped out into a non-smoking hallway - and lit a cigarette. The recent incident illustrates the uphill battle...
EU pressures China, but no boycott
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP): THE EUROPEAN Union has urged China to handle the uprising in Tibet with restraint and stay clear of violence, but again ruled out a full boycott of the Beijing Olympics. The Belgian government, however, did not rule out a boycott...
Akhtar to appeal his ban
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): PAKISTAN PACEMAN Shoaib Akhtar said yesterday he would appeal a five-year ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and threatened to go to court if it was not lifted. On Tuesday, officials banned Akhtar from all domestic...
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